The Government has undertaken steps to create awareness regarding this programme and its benefits among the farming community to increase the participation of women in agriculture.
In this regard, Ministry is continuously working to create awareness about the programme through, Community Resource Persons, IEC (Information, Education and Communication) strategies and campaigns of National Mission as well as the State Rural Livelihoods Missions. The benefits of taking up sustainable practices in Agriculture, Non- Timber Forest Produce (NTFP), and livestock are discussed in meetings of the Self Help Groups (SHGs), Village Organization and Cluster Level Federation meetings. The learning’s from the practices adopted under Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) are now being scaled up by the Rural Livelihoods Missions of States/Union Territories (UTs) under their Annual Action Plans (AAPs).
Under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY- NRLM) till now, about 38 lakh women farmers have been trained under Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP). The learning of the interventions under MKSP has been expanded to various parts of the country under the Annual Action Plans of States/UTs. Accordingly, a total of around 1.44 crore Mahila Kisan (women farmers) have been covered under DAY-NRLM till date.
The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) is already facilitating trainings to the women farmers in the sustainable agricultural practices.
The State-wise break up is given in Annexure-I and the district wise break up of Andhra Pradesh is given in Annexure II.
Annexure-I
State wise coverage of Mahila Kisan (including MKSP)
| S. No. | State/UT | No. of Mahila Kisan |
| 1 | Andaman Nicobar | 489 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 15,40,808 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 7,024 |
| 4 | Assam | 7,20,844 |
| 5 | Bihar | 5,00,028 |
| 6 | Chhattisgarh | 6,05,975 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 3,76,541 |
| 8 | Haryana | 29,672 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 32,256 |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 40,099 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 14,51,421 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 49,253 |
| 13 | Kerala | 4,38,805 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 24,13,909 |
| 15 | Manipur | 5,243 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 22,788 |
| 17 | Mizoram | 36,808 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 11,42,511 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 18,331 |
| 20 | Odisha | 9,68,170 |
| 21 | Punjab | 33,587 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 5,06,001 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 7,487 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 3,98,942 |
| 25 | Telangana | 10,49,448 |
| 26 | Tripura | 40,677 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 9,74,302 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 51,243 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 9,03,276 |
| 30 | Puducherry | 5,972 |
| TOTAL | 1,43,71,910 |
Annexure – II
District- wise coverage of Mahila Kisan in Andhra Pradesh (including MKSP):
| Sl. No. | District Name | No. of Mahila Kisan |
| 1 | Guntur | 1,71,693 |
| 2 | Chittoor | 1,56,407 |
| 3 | Prakasam | 1,58,162 |
| 4 | Visakhapatanam | 1,46,705 |
| 5 | West Godavari | 1,14,672 |
| 6 | Cuddapah | 1,10,121 |
| 7 | Kurnool | 1,24,837 |
| 8 | Nellore | 96,895 |
| 9 | Krishna | 97,427 |
| 10 | Anantapur | 1,00,102 |
| 11 | East Godavari | 92,921 |
| 12 | Vizianagaram | 84,978 |
| 13 | Srikakulam | 85,888 |
| TOTAL: | 15,40,808 |
This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in Lok Sabha today.
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